#ADA559#ADA559

#ADA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.098 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADA559
RGB	rgb(173, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 34%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 48.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -7.77, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 40.90, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0225 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.098 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4927, 36.5168, 14.7861)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADA559 #5961AD

analogous

#AD7B59 #ADA559 #8BAD59

triadic

#ADA559 #59ADA5 #A559AD

tetradic

#ADA559 #59AD7B #5961AD #AD598B

square

#ADA559 #59AD7B #5961AD #AD598B

split-complementary

#ADA559 #598BAD #7B59AD

monochromatic

#5D592E #868042 #ADA559 #C1BB82 #D5D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#ADA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#ADA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADA559

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADA559	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B89C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ada559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.098 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf89',
    500: '#ada559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ada559;
$custom-light: #c7bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ada559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 33.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADA559

secondary

#9EA2C3

accent

#68CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADA559

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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